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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Lorgnette
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Lorgnette

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumSilver | Gilt | Glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.506
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPaddle shaped lorgnette with glasses on a spring button that open up. Relief decorated with head of a woman on one side and poppies with their stems and buds in a whip-lash design. Silver traces of gilding.

Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Nymphenburg
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Nymphenburg
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Nymphenburg
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William B. Kerr & Co.
1901
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William B. Kerr & Co.
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca.1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1900